Imbalanced Nutrition, Less Than Body Requirements- Related to Nausea, Vomiting, or Anorexia

Acute Pain- Related to inflammation of the small intestine

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Dysentery

Dysentery was spread in contaminated water and foods. It thrives in hot humid conditions. It's also known as Shigellosis.

It attacks and kills the cells in the intestines and replicates itself. It lives in the colon and produces loose, bloody stools. It can be accompanied with abdominal pain, and fever.

Dysentery is still a major disease in under-developed nations. It's also evolving to be more resistant to antibiotic treatment. The WHO estimates the number of those infected world-wide to be around 80 million and 700,000 of those infected die.

Nursing Diagnosis:

Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements- Related to diarrhea, or decreased intake

Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances- Related to diarrhea

Ineffective Thermoregulation- Related to the process of infection

Impaired Skin Integrity- Related to diarrhea

Acute Pain- Related to inflammation of the intestines

Cholera

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine from the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera was a major killer on the Oregon Trail. Also, it cost me a few good men. However, that elongated my supplies. Eh. You win some, you lose some.

This, too, was from contaminated water and food sources. It causes the intestines to be flooded with water, so you have lots of diarrhea. This leads to severe dehydration, and if you are set out to keep your oxen on a strenuous pace and not paying attention to your sick comrade, he/she will most likely die.

There's limited vaccine's for Cholera with so-so efficacy. It's still a major disease of undeveloped countries. It effects 3-5 million people world wide. 115,000 die. Treatment includes iv fluid therapy and antibiotics.